Bible memorisation

[Mike4 (Maike Anthony)]

I made a post a while ago about verbatim memorization. You may like it:

Memorize Old English Long Texts

Could you explain the method you’re using in more detail, please? I only know three ways of memorizing texts verbatim: The John Place Method You can read about this method here. It’s basically about applying active recall to the text. It’d be beneficial to use some spaced repetition software, like Anki, to schedule reviews as well. Initials Link Method I invented this name, but it seems that nobody knows who came up with the method itself. The earliest source, and the best explanatio…

I’d recommend the former two methods that I mentioned there.

For your goal in particular, I recommend also having a 2-digit PAO to remember the number of the verses. There are many resources online teaching it. If you try to build such system, my own PO list may help you:

Complete 3-digit PO Major System (0, 1, 2, and 3-digit lists)

Hi! I’m Maike. A few months ago, I posted my 3-digit Major System with fictional characters. I hadn’t filled my list of objects, though, so today I want to share my full Major System containing both people and objects. Some important observations: The phoneme /h/ encodes the digit 4 together with the sound of the letter “R”. People’s honorifics are ignored and don’t encode digits (Mr., Mrs., etc.) For objects, prepositions don’t encode digits (of, in, etc.) The parentheses in front of the peo…

For each verse, create a mental image associating the verse number (being represented by your PAO images) and the content of the verse.

In order to review, I recommend creating flashcards on Anki, which is a spaced repetition software. In the note type, choose “Basic (and reversed card).” In the front of the card, put the verse number. In the back, put the text itself. Two cards will be generated automatically:

1. The one that shows the verse and asks for the text
2. The one that shows the text and asks for the verse

When seeing the former, try to recite the text from memory. When seeing the latter, try to recall the verse number.

I hope that helps.